We are proud to be a part of Laura Kaye’s “SEDUCED BY THE VAMPIRE KING TOUR” today. This is such a special event for us, and are thrilled to spread the word about this amazing series we absolutely love. So give us a moment of your time because you don’t want to put these books on your TBR list, you’ll want to read them right away.

1.   Let’s start by letting our followers hear a bit about yourself and your writing career. 

I would love to! And thanks so much for hosting me here! I write paranormal, contemporary and erotic romance and have seven books published so far (my eighth releases in July). My current release is Seduced by the Vampire King, the second book in my Vampire Warrior Kings mini-series. I’m also a wife, mom of two young girls (ages 8 and almost 6), college history professor, Marylander, and complete vampire addict! 

2.   Tell us about the hot VAMPIRE WARRIOR KINGS series starting with the first one, IN THE SERVICE OF THE KING. 

The Vampire Warrior Kings series will be a mini-series of four roughly 80-100-page novellas focusing on the remaining vampire kings and their struggles to find love and happiness in the midst of warfare with the Soul Eaters, evil immortals who exsanguinate their human victims and then steal their souls by eating their hearts. In the Service of the King follows Warrior King Kael MacQuillan on the night of a ritual feeding ceremony called The Proffering, which is necessary to maintain his immortality and humanity and give his warriors permission to feed. He loathes having to do it.

3.   Kael is a very bullheaded character, (wasn’t happy when he sent Shayla away) what do you think would have happened if she had left? Would Kael have kept his walls in place and not gone after her? 

I think he would’ve tried to stay away from her. Being the alpha male that he is, he’d already perfected a beat-yourself-up suffer-in-silence kind of attitude. However, the blood magic that had already started working between them would’ve weakened his resolve eventually… Fun question! 

4.   Give us the goods about the just released second read of the series, SEDUCED BY THE VAMPIRE KING. 

Seduced by the Vampire King offers a twist on an enemies-to-lovers story. Warrior King Nikolai Vasilyev wants nothing more than vengeance after the deaths of his brothers. Katherine Bordessa has fled 5,000 miles from her home to escape a life serving vampires, only to stumble upon one on a dark street. Here’s the blurb: 

American exchange student Kate Bordessa has fled to Russia to escape her family's hopes that she'll become one of the Proffered, human women who feed and mate with elite vampire warriors. But when she stumbles upon a wounded vampire in the streets of Moscow, she's instinctively driven to protect him--and feels an undeniable spark of desire.
Grieving over the deaths of his brothers, Vampire Warrior King Nikolai Vasilyevhas thrown himself into battling his enemies, focused only on vengeance. Until the attack that brought him to Kate. Their sexual attraction explodes into anight of uncontrolled passion--a night that marks them as mates. Is their connection strong enough to convince them to embrace a destiny neither of them was expecting? 

5.   The covers for these books are so YUMMY! Do you have any input on them? 

Thank you! I have input, but very little “say” in the end result. Harlequin has a very detailed online form authors have to complete that tells the cover artists everything they could possibly want to know about the hero, heroine, setting, tone of the story, etc. But what the end result actually is is a complete surprise when I see it! 

6. What is the playlist for SEDUCED BY THE VAMPIRE KING? We have heard you don’t like to listen to music while you write, so how do you use your playlists in your writing process? 

This was one of the few books I didn’t have a Playlist for. That was in part because, due to other deadlines, I had to write it so fast I just didn’t have the time for it to percolate. I’d have to say, though, that The Fray’s “Say When,” which really inspired me for the first book in this series, does have the right feel for this story also. In general, I listen to music a lot while driving or doing things around the house, and the “feel” of the songs and the lyrics definitely get my brain moving on whatever I’m currently writing. I find lyrics in particular very inspirational. 

7.   Your family believes in the supernatural, and we are sure you have some very interesting stories. Could you tell us one, and have you ever considered using one in your writing? 

Sure! Let’s see…when I was 17 we lived in a very small town in a townhouse right on Main Street. In the house next to us, two elderly sisters lived, Miss Patty and Miss Betty. Miss Betty had been in the hospital for about two weeks and it was serious. One weekend, I got money from my mother to walk down to the McDonald’s to get lunch. I left out the back door to cut through our back yard. When I got down to the sidewalk, I looked up and saw Miss Betty walking up the sidewalk in her yard. I said hello to her and told her I was glad she was home, and she smiled. I rushed to McDonald’s, excited to get back and tell my mom, who was close to both sisters, that Miss Betty was home. When I got back, I called for her and told her the news. She went sheet white, and I realized she was upset. She told me what I saw was impossible, because Miss Patty had just called to tell her Betty had died at the hospital that morning.  

True story! And I have considered writing a story using a lot of the ghost stories in my family’s history. Just haven’t gotten to it yet! 

8.   What traits/characteristics do you like to find in the characters you write about? Have you ever been unhappy with one of your characters because he didn’t have some traits you wanted him to? 

I like characters that make you feel something about them, who engage your emotions. I’m not sure if there are specific traits I want them all to have, necessarily, because every character is different and requires different characteristics to be fully drawn and true to themselves and the story. It’s my characters that usually come to me first, and they tell me what the story is. By the time I sit down to write, I usually feel that I know the characters pretty well, although they certainly have surprised me with things they did or choices they made. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced being disappointed in a character for that reason. They just are who they are, to me! 

9.   What projects are you working on now that you would like to share with us? 

In addition to Seduced by the Vampire King, I’m in the middle of a tour for my new contemporary romance, Her Forbidden Hero. And I’m also gearing up for the July 10 release of West of Want, book 2 in my Hearts of the Anemoi series based on Greek mythology—this will be my first book to release to physical bookstores, and I’m just thrilled. Up next to write include a follow-up story to Her Forbidden Hero, another vampire warrior kings story (this one will be set in Tromso, Norway!), and a novella in the Anemoi world. So, it’s never a dull moment! 

10. Is there anything you would like to tell our followers about yourself or your wonderful reads? 

Just, thank you so much to the readers for giving my stories a chance and bringing my characters to life! I couldn’t do it without you! Oh, and, GIVEAWAY – one commenter who leaves their email address will win an ebook of Seduced by the Vampire King. I would love to know if any of YOU have a cool ghost story to share! *grins*

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Seduced by the Vampire King Excerpt:

He couldn’t let himself be seduced by an impossible idea. He sprung to his feet and made for the door, still open from his earlier rushed entry. “I have to go.”

“Why?” She followed after him, the alluring beat of her heart and intoxicating femininity revealing her place within the room.

He couldn’t stop, couldn’t reply, couldn’t look at her. If he did, there’d be no going back.

He grasped the edge of the door.

Small hands fisted in the back of his shirt. “Wait. Why are you leaving? I mean, did I—”

He halted, heart slamming against his sternum, fangs stretched out and aching. “Release me,” he rasped.

She heaved a shaky breath he felt against his arm. “I…can’t.”

“Release. Me,” he said louder. Competing emotions warred within him until he thought he might split apart.

“Nikolai—”

It was his name rolling off her tongue that did it.

He whirled and buried his hands in her hair. He pulled her to him, causing them both to stumble, and he backed her into the ancient bars of the door. It clicked shut, sealing them in and cutting off the last of his restraint.

Tilting her head back, Nikolai devoured her mouth. His lips sucked, his tongue explored, his fangs rubbed against her moist flesh. Oh, God, she was so sweet and warm and wet. He stepped into her, forcing their bodies together from chest to thighs. And, dammit, she was soft everywhere he was hard.

Her hands curled around his neck and climbed into his hair, fingers tangling and tugging. She pulled him in tighter and surrendered to the kiss. She met him stroke for stroke, their tongues curling and twining together.

And Nikolai no longer knew who was surrendering to whom.

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About Laura Kaye:

Voted Breakout Author of the Year in the 2011 GraveTells Readers’ Choice Awards, Laura is the bestselling and award-winning author of over a half-dozen books in paranormal, contemporary and erotic romance. Hearts in Darkness is the EPIC eBook Award Winner for Best Novella and HOLT Medallion Award of Merit Winner for Best Romance Novella, Forever Freed is the NJRW Golden Leaf Winner for Best Paranormal of 2011 and is a finalist for two GDRWA Booksellers’ Best Awards, and North of Need, the first book in the Hearts of the Anemoi series, is a finalist for a FF&P PRISM award, was named GraveTells’ Best Book of 2011 and won their 5-STAR Gold Heart Award, and won Sizzling Hot Read of the Year at Sizzling Hot Books. Laura lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.


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